A quarter of an hour later, the carriage reunited with Xiaoman, Shuangjiang and others, and then drove towards the gate of Xiangyi City.
Xiaoman and Shuangjiang had no idea what happened to their young lady in the Nanxia Palace. They just looked at each other when they saw the familiar tall figure and kept all the questions in their hearts.
They seemed to travel very quickly on this stretch of road. After arriving at the gate of Xiangyi City, Fu Yin got out of the car and took the reins handed to him by his men.
He held the reins and watched the carriage rumble away, with Shen Huaixu's words still echoing in his mind.
The face beneath the mask was now clear-eyed, with a fiery intensity that was in stark contrast to his usual coldness.
He has always firmly believed that Shen Huaixu and he are meant to be the same kind of people, and now it seems that he is not the only one who has this perception.
For him, nothing could be better than this.
"Sir, something happened to the Wu family." A eunuch in plain clothes whispered to Fu Yin.
Fu Yin watched the carriage disappear from his sight before asking, "What's going on?"
"Wu Li murdered the Wu family patriarch and fled. The Lord Wu you praised was the patriarch's son. He fainted and seems to have been bewitched. He has not woken up since. The Wu family is in chaos. The Wu family mistress is kneeling outside the palace, begging you for justice."
Fu Yin glanced at him sideways, "If everything is reported to the emperor, what's the point of having the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice?"
The young eunuch was too taciturn to speak, so Fu Yin just said, "Leave it to the Ministry of Justice for disposal," then jumped on his horse, whipped it, and galloped towards the palace.
The eunuch's face was covered with dust kicked up by the horse's hooves. He hurriedly mounted his horse and followed the person in front who was about to disappear around the corner.
While chasing him, he was secretly wondering why his new master had two faces. He was warm and welcoming when he was seeing people off, but became cold and indifferent when they left.
The carriage that Shen Huaixu took this time was prepared by Fu Yin. It was pulled by two horses side by side and the carriage was much more spacious than an ordinary carriage. She could even roll around while lying on the couch.
The carriages and guards were all hired. As long as they stepped into the territory of Huai'an Prefecture, they would be able to contact Xia Zhi and the others and then send them away.
She hadn't seen Xiaoman and Shuangjiang for a few days, and they had a lot of questions to ask. She took the storybook and turned a page, and she could still hear their conversation in her ears.
"The man who sent the young lady out of the city looked familiar..." Xiaoman hesitated whether to ask.
Shuangjiang said directly: "Like supporting the young general."
"General Fu fell off a cliff, and his body was nowhere to be found."
"Maybe he was rescued?"
Xiaoman joked, "Everyone in Xiangyi City knows that Mr. Heyin likes to cover his face, so much so that the custom of covering his face has become prevalent. That man looks very similar to the legendary Mr. Heyin. Could he be the one who helped the young general to become the regent in a foreign country?"
Shen Huaixu looked up at her, silent. Shuangjiang also looked at her, as if thinking about something.
Being stared at by two people, Xiaoman couldn't help but shrink his head, feeling something was strange.
"You have a good imagination." Shen Huaixu said, "If you want to write a storybook, I can help you find some examples."
Xiaoman let out a sigh and was about to say something, but Shuangjiang stopped her with a look. Although she didn't understand why, she didn't say anything else.
When they had a chance to ride together on horseback, Xiaoman couldn't help but ask, "Sister Shuangjiang, why don't you let me continue?"
Frost glanced at her and said, "Can't you see that Miss doesn't want to talk about it?"
Xiaoman: "I'm curious too. I heard that He Yin is very capable. Not only can he fly, but he's also a master of military strategy. He easily resolved a palace coup before.
He doesn't sound like a human being. If Dajin and Nanxia were to fight one day, who would win? "
Shuangjiang thought for a moment and said, "After the young lady returns to the capital, perhaps there will be no more fighting."
Xiaoman was confused, "What do you mean?"
"...I'll give you a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War when we return to Beijing."
The return journey was different from the coming journey. We took the main road, but because we took a detour, the journey became longer.
It was drizzling that day, and both the people and the horses were a little tired. Shen Huaixu asked them to stop the car to rest, and he took a walk nearby.
They probably wouldn't be able to reach the next post station at night, so they had to find a place to shelter from the rain for the grooms and guards to have a good rest.
The Nanxia forest is deep, foggy and the roads are rugged. If you are not careful, you may be bitten by snakes or insects or fall into something. You need to be well rested to concentrate on the journey.
After we set out again and walked for a while, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up. Only half of the sun's outline remained in the sky, like a salted egg yolk.
The hired driver was very familiar with the places where they could rest along the way, and he asked Xiaoman and Shuangjiang loudly if they wanted to rest for a night in a dilapidated temple in the mountains ahead.
After Xiaoman asked Shen Huaixu, he agreed.
After the carriage stopped, Shen Huaixu got out and saw the ruined temple standing among the tall trees from afar. After the last ray of sunset glow disappeared, the atmosphere around it became more gloomy and terrifying.
The guards and coachmen were carrying food and water and were heading towards the dilapidated temple. From where she stood, the dilapidated temple without a temple gate looked like a giant beast with a huge black mouth, quietly waiting to devour anyone who strayed into it.
Shen Huaixu felt that he had watched too many horror movies.
She turned her head and said, "You will sleep with me in the carriage tonight."
Frost: "Miss, we two have lived outside many times before, so this is nothing."
"Miss, don't worry about me..."
Chen Huaixu was too lazy to talk to them. "The temple is small and crowded. They are a bunch of grown men. It's not convenient for you to mix in with them. It's not like there's no room to sleep in the car. Besides, I feel more at ease with you around."
This is the first time they have camped outdoors in recent days, so they'd better be careful.
I couldn't refuse during the Grain Full and Frost Descent period, so I had to accept it.
The wind grew stronger at night, and the leaves in the forest rustled, drowning out other sounds.
Shen Huaixu was woken up in the middle of the night, and heard Fu Yin's voice in a daze.
"There's a rat outside, an old acquaintance of ours."
Hearing this, her consciousness gradually became clear, "Who is it?"
"Wu Li."
Shen Huaixu had already heard from Fu Yin about Wu Li committing a crime and escaping. She opened her eyes and pricked up her ears to listen carefully.
"You haven't caught her yet?"
"Those useless people in the Ministry of Justice have nothing to do with me." Fu Yin distanced himself from the matter without a second thought, "If I had taken action, I would have just let her go."
He has heard a lot about the Wu family and Wu Li during this period.
Wu Li was chosen to be the next witch since she was a child. From the moment she was chosen, she was destined to devote her life to consolidating the status of the Wu family.
They are not allowed to meet their biological parents and become medicine men of the previous witch. They will be accompanied by poisonous insects all day long for several years thereafter. Until they turn 15 and come of age, the witch's family will secretly trade their virginity, and they will become playthings of the powerful.
This goes on from generation to generation, and every witch cannot escape the cycle of becoming both victim and perpetrator.
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